Having made their debut in Marathi film productions through their film ‘Bandishala‘, Shantai Motion Pictures have bagged seven awards at the 56^th Maharashtra State Marathi Film Awards recently. In these awards popular actress Mukta Barve has also won the best actress award, thus generating more curiosity about this film, before its official release.

The other six awards won by this production company are, Best Film on debut, Second best Best film, best playback singer Priyanka Barve, Best background music Vijay Gavande, best lyrics Sanjay Patil & best art direction Narendra Haldankar. The award ceremony which took place at Worli’s Dome theatre, will be soon telecast on Sony Marathi TV channel. ‘Bandishala‘ film which is based on a social subject is set on the backdrop of a Jail and revolves around a Woman Jail Chief played by Mukta Barve. The film is due for release on 21^st June 2019.